Gillian Flynn

Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu welcomes the Malibu Book Club back to the store to discuss Gillian Flynn's novel, Gone Girl, on Wednesday, June 12th at 5pm.Marriage can be a real killer.

On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this page-turning masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that her work "draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction." Gone Girl's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn.

Unless otherwise listed, the Malibu Book Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 5pm at our Malibu store. Meetings are free and open to the public, so come on down!

Location: Street: Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu Additional: Malibu Country Mart - 23410 Civic Center Way, Suite A-3 City: Malibu, Province: California Postal Code: 90402 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

6 pm Cocktail Party, 7:30 pm Book Lecture

GILLIAN FLYNN “The Art of Constructing a Thriller”

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl, which is the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library’s current “One Book Two Villages” selection, talks about her writing and the amazing success of her novels. To sign up (6 pm Cocktail Party + Lecture, $30; 7:30 pm, Lecture only, $10), go to
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Location: Street: Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave. City: Winnetka, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60093-2236 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Saturday Adult Book Club

Vernon Branch invites you to read the suggested titles and to join us for a lively, facilitated discussion of the featured title. The book club is open to all interested adults and preregistration is not required. Held the fourth Saturday of every month from 10:30 - 11:30 am in the library meeting room.

Upcoming titles for the 2012 - 2013 session include:
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber & Life with the Tree Planting Tribe by Charlotte Gill (January 26)
Blindness by Jose Saramago (February 23)
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (March 23)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (April 27)
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (May 25) (starfishian)… (more)

The Octavia Books Book Club invites you to a discussion of Gillian Flynn's Dark Places. The Octavia Books Book Club meets at 10:30AM on the 3rd Saturday morning of each month (except December) and is open to book lovers. Please feel welcome to join us!

Location: Street: 513 Octavia St City: New Orleans, Province: Louisiana Postal Code: 70115-2055 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Book Group Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, a horrible killing or Libby Day's mother and two sisters and a testimony of a than 7-year-old Libby sent her brother Ben to life in prison. 24 years later, Libby meet with a true crime group who believe he is innocent. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Gillian Flynn is the author of Gone Girl, a best seller on The New York Times best seller fiction list. The Chicago writer is a former TV critic for Entertainment Weekly. Her previous novels are Sharp Objects, an Edgar Award finalist and the winner of two of Britain's Dagger Awards, and Dark Places.

This event is presented by the Society of Midland Authors, an organization established in 1915 for published authors in the Midwest. The Chicago Public Library is pleased to co-host this event.

Seating is available first come, first served. Reservations are not required. Books are available for purchase and Ms. Flynn will autograph books at the conclusion of the program. (lilithcat)… (more)

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Room by Emma Donoghue

Book Group The Mystery Book Group is discussing The Room by Emma Donoghue, a tale that is shocking, riveting and exhilarating. It is a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances. February's read is Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Gibson's Book Club reads Gone girl, by Gillian Flynn, and In the Woods, by Tana French

Monday, January 7, 7 PM

Two of our favorite thriller/procedural writers, Gillian Flynn and Tana French, together at last--if only at our book group discussion. Here we take Tana French's first novel, which introduces the Dublin Murder Squad, and Gillian Flynn's most recent foray into the perverse, and we'll decide which one leaves us all the most psychologically damaged.

Location: Street: 27 S Main St Additional: City: Concord , Province: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03301 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)